Railway has transported 48 lakhs
passengers to their home states through Shramik Special trains. Railways
Ministry said, a total of three thousand 543 Shramik Special trains have been
operationalized from various states across the country in the last 26 days.
“Railways had started running Shramik Special trains
from 1st May, to move migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other
persons stranded at different places due to lock down. 85 per cent of the
expenditure of Shramik special trains is being borne by the Centre and states
are paying 15 per cent in the form of fare. The top five States from where
maximum trains originated are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar. While the top five states where maximum trains terminated are Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. IRCTC has distributed
more than 78 lakh free meals and more than one crore water bottles to
travelling migrants. In addition to Shramik specials, Railways is running 15
pairs of special AC trains and has decided to run 200 more trains from 1st of
June.
